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Our Little Joy Jeje

January 18, 2022 by EK Park, Executive Director Leave a Comment

It has been a month since David and I arrived at the airport to pick up our little joy, Jeje. Despite being quite experienced with dogs myself, I was a bit nervous with how everything would go since Jeje spent so many hours in the plane. She didn’t know me and we didn’t know her …Read More about Our Little Joy Jeje

Filed Under: Adoption Stories, Blog Tagged With: Adoption, fostering rescue dogs, Korean Dogs

No Dog Left Behind

December 3, 2021 by Sara Liao, Board of Directors & Adoption Manager Leave a Comment

Being a rescue organization isn’t just about finding forever homes for homeless dogs. It’s about being an advocate for all dogs and pet companions. We know how important pets are to us, and what a significant role they have in our lives. We at Free Korea Dogs often use the motto “compassion knows no borders”, …Read More about No Dog Left Behind

Filed Under: Blog, Featured Tagged With: Korean Dogs, Korean Rescue Dogs, winter preparation

Pickle’s Holiday Wish

November 29, 2021 by Sara Liao, Board of Directors & Adoption Manager Leave a Comment

Pickle found herself in quite a pickle when she was only 6 months old, although none of the ordeals was her fault. It’s a shame dogs don’t get to choose their owners, because Pickle had the unfortunate luck of having a sinister and abusive owner. One day, she was witnessed being beaten and tossed out …Read More about Pickle’s Holiday Wish

Filed Under: Blog, Featured Tagged With: Adoption, Dog Rescue, Korean Dogs

The Beginning of a New Start … For Good!

September 30, 2021 by Sara Liao, Board of Directors & Adoption Manager Leave a Comment

We say it all the time – rescue is simultaneously fulfilling and inspiring as it is disheartening and traumatic. Earlier this year, we shared a rescue story of a few dogs who were being raised on a construction site to be sold for meat as a secondary income, and the efforts made to save them.

Filed Under: Blog, Community Rescue, Featured, Our Work Tagged With: Dog Meat Farm, Dog meat trade, Dog Rescue, Korea, Korean Dogs

Yongin Dog Meat Rescue Update 2

August 3, 2021 by Sara Liao, Board of Directors & Adoption Manager Leave a Comment

It’s been for a while since we discovered and rescued 15 dogs from a restaurant in Yongin, Korea, who were being raised for slaughter for fresh dog meat stew. They have since been known as our “Yongin rescues”, and while we have been inadvertently slow with updates we have been busy with the pups behind …Read More about Yongin Dog Meat Rescue Update 2

Filed Under: Blog, Community Rescue, Featured Tagged With: Bok Nal, Dog Meat Farm, Dog meat trade, Korean Dogs, Public Awareness, Yongin dog rescue

Boknal: Did You Know?

July 24, 2021 by Sara Liao, Board of Directors & Adoption Manager Leave a Comment

Boknal, Korea’s annual dog meat tradition in which dog meat consumption is encouraged during the “hottest days of summer” to boost stamina, immune systems, and prevent or cure other ailments, is now underway in Korea.

Filed Under: Blog, Featured, Public Awareness Tagged With: Boknal, Dog meat trade, Korean Dogs, Public Awareness

Winter brings spring

April 8, 2021 by EK Park, Executive Director Leave a Comment

As the pandemic hit in 2020, I quarantined with my beloved 14 year old rescue dog Rascal. I knew we were in our last season together, and I put all of my energy into making the most out of our time. He was the best dog I’ve ever known, and my best friend. At the …Read More about Winter brings spring

Filed Under: Adoption Stories, Blog, Featured Tagged With: Adoption, Adoption story, Dog Rescue, Korean Dogs

The Dogs of Weolbong Shelter

March 27, 2021 by Sara Liao, Board of Directors & Adoption Manager Leave a Comment

“The mountain babies” is what we refer to the dogs who are currently living in the remote mountain regions of Korea in a shelter run by a Buddhist nun. Many of them have been living there their whole lives. All of them have something in common – they all escaped terrible fates. How did they …Read More about The Dogs of Weolbong Shelter

Filed Under: Blog, Featured Tagged With: Adoption, Dog Rescue, Korean Dogs, Shelter

The Dogs of the Yangpyung City Pound

November 20, 2020 by Sara Liao, Board of Directors & Adoption Manager Leave a Comment

In an industrial like building there are rows upon rows of kennels and the sounds of loud barking echoing through. As you walk down each aisle, scurrying little feet follow you along, begging for pets and starving for attention. These are the residents of the Yangpyung Pound – a high kill city shelter. 

Filed Under: Blog, Community Rescue, Featured Tagged With: Korean Dogs, Public Awareness

The Charley Diaries Part 3: Expanding Horizons

October 23, 2020 by Sara Liao, Board of Directors & Adoption Manager Leave a Comment

Training a dog to get settled is not something that happens overnight, because dogs don’t understand human languages or the circumstances of the fate we’ve chosen for them. Settling in takes time and patience. The process isn’t black or white, nor is progress linear. There is no ‘typical’ timeline in which things are expected to …Read More about The Charley Diaries Part 3: Expanding Horizons

Filed Under: Featured, News&Stories Tagged With: Dog Rescue, Fostering, Korean Dogs, Toronto Dog Adoption, Training

The Charley Diaries Part 2: Getting to Know Each Other  

October 16, 2020 by Sara Liao, Board of Directors & Adoption Manager Leave a Comment

Rome wasn’t built in a day, and neither is Charley’s confidence. But the city slowly became a hallmark of pride, inspiration, and awe. That’s where our little Einstein is headed. Charley has been slowly gaining his confidence, and trusting his humans to lead him there. More and more he is choosing what is right, and …Read More about The Charley Diaries Part 2: Getting to Know Each Other  

Filed Under: Featured, News&Stories Tagged With: fostering rescue dogs, Korean Dogs, Toronto Dog Adoption, Training

The Charley Diaries Part 1: Settling In

October 9, 2020 by Sara Liao, Board of Directors & Adoption Manager Leave a Comment

This is Charley. He is not available for adoption at the moment, but is working hard to get there.

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: fostering rescue dogs, Korean Dogs, Toronto Dog Adoption, Training

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Free Korean Dogs (FKD) is a registered charity in Canada (BN:80580 0166RR0001). Free Korean Dogs US (FKD US) is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization #85-2573367 in the USA, with charitable organization registrations in the following States: Washington #2004912, Oregon #58908 & California #0274571. Learn more

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